Ontario High School History of England . eaders ofthat age. The effect of his speeches was amazing; unworthymen quailed before his fierce vehemence; he could swayeven a corrupt House of Commons. Pitt had a subHmearrogance. I know that I can save this nation, and thatnobody else can, he said at this time. The Fall of Canada, 1760.—Pitt had served as an officerin early life, and one of his faults was that he liked war, and did not shrink from itshorrors. He was now resolvedfinally to humble France, andto seize her overseas order to effect this aim, hechose his officers for their eff
Ontario High School History of England . eaders ofthat age. The effect of his speeches was amazing; unworthymen quailed before his fierce vehemence; he could swayeven a corrupt House of Commons. Pitt had a subHmearrogance. I know that I can save this nation, and thatnobody else can, he said at this time. The Fall of Canada, 1760.—Pitt had served as an officerin early life, and one of his faults was that he liked war, and did not shrink from itshorrors. He was now resolvedfinally to humble France, andto seize her overseas order to effect this aim, hechose his officers for their effi-ciency, not for their familyinfluence. To America he senttwo promising young generals,Amherst and Wolfe. Hitherto,Montcalm, the French general,had held the British in check, butnow the tide turned. In 1758,Amherst, with Wolfe as secondin command, took Louisbourg;to the joy of New England thatstronghold was soon destroyed,and it lies in ruins to this day. In 1759 Wolfe was sentup the St. Lawrence with the difficult task before him of. m^ James Wolfr (1727-1759) THE HOUSE OF HANOVER 385 taking Quebec. The high cliffs along the river above Que-bec seemed impregnable, and Montcalms army lined theshore below the fortress and made a landing the army under Wolfe and the fleet commanded byAdmiral Saunders made a formidable combination. Ona dark September night, while Saunders kept Montcalm onthe watch by a vigorous cannonading from his ships, Wolfemanaged to lead his force up a steep path above surprised the feeble guard at the top and arrayed anarmy of four thousand men on the Plains of Abraham. Soweak were the walls of Quebec that Montcalm did not fightbehind them, but met Wolfe on the open plains. Few aswere those engaged, it was a battle of world-wide import,for it decided the fate of France in North was defeated and killed; the victor, Wolfe, wasalso struck down. When, a few days later, Quebec sur-rendered, the end was near. In 1760 th
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